2023 Elections Hub

This page is your centralized source for information about Greater Greater Washington’s political work in the 2023 election cycle, as well as some key information about elections in our region overall. Here, you’ll find informational resources about voting and candidates, candidates’ responses to our questionnaire, our endorsements, how we arrived at our decisions, and ways you can get involved.

But first: Distinctly political work like this is not funded by grants! We are only able to make endorsements with support from our individual donors. If you value our endorsements resources, please consider a contribution of any amount to help us continue this work in 2023 and beyond.

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Voting information

• Coming soon!

Our endorsement process

• How GGWash will make endorsements in the 2023 general election (Published February 2023)

GGWash endorsements

In 2023, GGWash will be making endorsements in the following political appointments and electoral races in Maryland and Virginia. This section will be updated as endorsements are announced.

Maryland:

Montgomery County Planning Board appointments (Winter 2023)

• Candidate questionnaires
• Unaffiliated seat: Mitra Pedoeem (appointed)
• Republican seat: No endorsement
• Democratic seat: James Hedrick (appointed)

Montgomery County Planning Board appointments (Spring 2023)

• Candidate questionnaires

• Chair: Hans Riemer
• Commissioner: Upneet Singh Atwal

Rockville Mayor and City Council (November 2023)

• Candidate questionnaires
• Our endorsement for Mayor: Monique Ashton
• Our endorsement for City Council: Kate Fulton, Izola Shaw, Marissa Valeri, and Adam Van Grack

Gaithersburg City Council (November 2023)

• Candidate questionnaires

• Our endorsement for City Council: Shanika Whitehurst

Virginia:

Arlington County Board Democratic primary (June 2023)

• Candidate questionnaires
• Our endorsement: Julius “JD” Spain, Sr, Maureen Coffey, and Jonathan Dromgoole

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Democratic primary (June 2023)

• Candidate questionnaires
• Dranesville: Jimmy Bierman
• Mason: Andres Jimenez
• Springfield: Albert Vega

Blank candidate questionnaires

Here, we’re sharing the blank questionnaires that we send to candidates so that you can see the questions, multiple-choice options, and any associated charts and graphs.

• Blank Montgomery County Planning Board Winter 2023 questionnaire (PDF)
• Blank Montgomery County Planning Board Spring 2023 questionnaire (PDF)
• Blank Arlington County Board primary questionnaire (PDF)
• Blank Fairfax County Board of Supervisors primary questionnaire (PDF)
• Blank Rockville Mayor and City Council questionnaire (PDF)
• Blank Gaithersburg City Council questionnaire (PDF)

Past Endorsements

Click here to see our 2022 Elections hub archive, with information on elections in DC where we endorsed candidates.